Sidenote: I do not know much about neuroscience and psychology yet.
From my perspective, religion is a way to control large groups of people with ease as pretty much all tribes developed this belief of a higher being when they grew in numbers and weren't able to sustain a calm, peaceful society with only some police force and a single (or a group) of leaders.
However, this "control" might not be as bad as it sounds, sacrificing a tiny bit of freedom in this case generally implies to living peacefully inside the community, understanding this I stand by not teaching atheism although I am one.
Some claim that religion is something that is gained throughout our evolutionary history but I refuse to believe that, I believe that it is a socially transmitted type of group self-control that closely resembles a hivemind system.
I still think the world is not ready for a full change to atheism, although we all know the cons of religion, we still need to factor in the state of the world. As of now religion works like a combustion engine that drives humanity but pollutes the surroundings but it is inexpensive and simple, it gives us time to adapt to the free energy solution (windmills and solar plants are atheism in this case). There's no reason to fight religion beliefs as we ourselves aren't ready for a change this big.
Thank you for your time.